BORN:
Birmingham, England. 27 August 1943

EDUCATION:
Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. 1953-60
Leek School of Arts and Crafts, Staffordshire, England. 1960-62
Central School of Arts and Crafts, Holborn, London WC2, England. 1962-63
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London SE5. England. 1963-65

QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS:
General Certificate of Education
Ordinary Level:
English Language, English Literature, Art, Geography, Physics, French, Latin, Mathematics.
Advanced Level:
Writing and Illuminating and Lettering, Geography, French, Art.

National Diploma in Design (Master of Fine Arts Equivalent), 1965, Special Level in Writing & Illuminating & Lettering, and Lettercutting in Stone & Wood.

Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, 1970

Artist in Residence, City of New York, 1980. (Only calligrapher ever granted this
status.)

Honorary Member:
Colleagues of Calligraphy, Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
Wisconsin Guild of Calligraphers, Madison, WI.
Australian Society for Calligraphy, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Honorary Citizen of Tasmania

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED:

Calligraphy, The Art Of Fine Writing (1975.) Published by Cumberland Graphics division of British Pens as part of the Penstyle Calligraphy Set.
Lettering, The Art Of Calligraphy (1978). Published by Platignum as part of their Lettering Set.
Italic Writing (1979). Published by Platignum as part of their Italic Handwriting Set.
A Young Person's Guide to Calligraphy (1980). Published by Pentalic as part of A Young Person's Calligraphy Starter Set.
A Little Manual of Calligraphy (1981). Published by Wm. Collins (worldwide) and Taplinger (USA).
A Calligraphy Manual for the Beginner (1981). Published by Pentalic as part of the Pentalic Introductory Calligraphy Course.
The Calligraphy Sampler (1985). Published by Wm. Collins.
The Anatomy of Letters (1987). Published by Taplinger.

His work is also well represented in books such as:
Calligraphy Today, Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists I & II, Calligraphy.

EXHIBITIONS:

One Man Shows:
1986 New School Gallery, New York City.
1990 Fedano's Gallery, New York City
1996 Servi Textus, St Johns University, Collegeville, MN
2005 Subiaco Abbey, Arkansas
2005 Community First Bank, Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Group Shows:
1970 British Crafts Centre, London, UK
1972 British Crafts Centre, London, UK
Foyle's Bookstore, London, UK
1973 British Crafts Centre, London
1976 British Crafts Centre, London
Liberty of London, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1978 British Crafts Centre, London
Northern Crafts Centre, Manchester, UK
Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
Donnell Library, New York City
Harmonious Arts Foundation, New York City (curator)
1980 Northern Crafts Centre, Manchester, UK
Master Eagle Gallery, New York City
St John's University, Collegeville, MN
1984 British Crafts Centre, London
Northern Crafts Centre, Manchester, UK
1985 Bolton College of Art, UK
St John's University, Collegeville, MN
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Master Eagle Gallery, New York City
Scripps College Gallery, Claremont, CA
1987 Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Stanton Library, North Sydney, Australia
1988 Stanton Library, North Sydney, Australia
1989- Kalligraphia (travelling exhibit) to Moscow, USSR, Minsk,
1990 USSR, Kiev, USSR, New York City, United Nations, San Francisco, CA
1992 Line, Letter and Image (travelling exhibit) to Oklahoma City, OK,
Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, Midland, MI, Dallas, TX,
New York, NY, St John's University, Collegeville, MN
1991 AG Spring Fine Art Show (Juror's Award), Cleveland, OH
1993 AG Spring Fine Art Show, Cleveland, OH
1995 Faculty Exhibit of Letterforum: The Great Escape, St Marys City, MD
1996 Servi Textus, St Johns University, Collegeville, MN
1996 Textus, Frederick R. Weisman Gallery, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN.
1998 Celebrating American Poetry, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
1999 Twentieth Century Calligraphy, AIGA Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Two man show with Mark Mueller, American Greetings Gallery
Cleveland, OH
2001 Cleveland Biennial Juried Art Show, Cleveland State University Gallery
Cleveland, OH

As a freelance designer in New York, Mr. Pearce was much involved in product development for the Pentalic Corporation, working on such products as Paper for Pens, Paper for Pencils, Meridian Paper and Westport Watercolor Paper.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

He also has extensive experience in radio and television having been interviewed in both media around the world. He has worked under camera on many commercials on both sides of the Atlantic working for such products as Papermate, Parker Pens, Flair/Tempo Pens, Schaeffer Pens, Dunlop Rubber and Tire Company, etc.

He was heavily involved with the design and presentation for Servi Textus: Servants of the Text, a major exhibit and symposium held at St Johns University in Minnesota in 1996.

Having left American Greetings, he is now able to turn his attention a little more to his calligraphic paintings in his newly designed studio in the Ozarks.

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